About Bans Village

Bans is a mid sized village in Koraon tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 680, made up of 392 males and 288 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 735 females per 1000 males. The village covers 213.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 212306, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bans Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bans village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Allahabad
Tehsil	Koraon
Pincode	212306
Area (hectares)	213.49 hectares
Population	680
Male Population	392
Female Population	288
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	735
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bans compares

By the 2011 count Bans is the 170th largest of the 263 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,379 residents. Its 213.49 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Bans

Bans is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bans as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bans from other places

Bans lies about 7.5 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Jhusi, about 1.8 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Bans
Nearest railway station	Jhusi	1.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Koraon	7.5 km
District headquarters	Allahabad	7.5 km
Nearest town	Prayagraj	7.5 km

Villages closest to Bans

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Koraon tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Bans

As per the Census of India 2011, Bans village had a population of 680. That makes it the 170th largest of the 263 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,379 residents.

Bans village has 392 males and 288 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bans has about 735 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 904.

The pincode recorded for Bans is 212306. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bans covers 213.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bans falls under Koraon tehsil of Allahabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bans is Jhusi, about 1.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available for Bans.

Bans is about 7.5 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bans is in Koraon tehsil of Allahabad district. Jhusi is about 1.8 km away. Koraon is about 7.5 km away. Allahabad is about 7.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.